קְרָא
qᵉrâʼ · ker-aw'
{to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H7121 (קָרָא)
{to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: call, cry, read.
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the head, the highest › strength, the leader
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קְרָא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- read3 · 27%
- cried2 · 18%
- was read1 · 9%
- he cried1 · 9%
- shall read1 · 9%
- be called1 · 9%
- me, that they should read1 · 9%
- i will read1 · 9%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.